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[@MaxSujyGermany]

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[@leobeck8074]

Ich liebe frische Zitrone.

[@SVOAEEE]

Do angry grandpa pls

[@bernhardstelzig3779]

This small state is Kaliningrad. It belongs to Russia. It is half of what was once East Prussia. East Prussia belonged to the German Empire and after World War II was annexed half by Poland and half by the then Soviet Union.

[@Lightkie]

22:22 Maybe she means the Swiss federal council which is unique in that each of the seven ministers has equal power and they are from all parties in the parliament, not just from a ruling government coalition. Otherwise the only thing with four I can think of is the amount of official languages: German, French, Italian, and Romansh.

[@Kiranbela438]

21:27 It's Kaliningrad, it's part of Russias territorry.

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

After WW I France tried to gain control over the German coal and steel region in the Saarland and the Ruhr region, which led to massive anti-French resentments in Germany and helped the far-right to gain popularity. Robert Schuman - born as a German citizen in Luxembourg in 1886, becoming French after WW I, as Lorraine became French again and fighting in the French resistance during WW II - tried not to repeat those mistakes (even if France already had made the Saarland a French protectorate as an half-autonomous state with its own flag and currency). He saw the ECSC as the first step to an European federation (but this idea was not backed by the majority in France, so he resigned in 1952 - but campaigned furthermore for cooperation and initiated in 1955 the Strassburg Convention on Human Rights). In 1958 he became the first president of the new European parliament (the delegates were at this time not yet elected by the people, but sent by the national parliaments). 3:10 No, the Nazis did not create a lot of technology. The technological know-how was already present as they took power, but many of the best minds left then Germany (or were exiled or at least stripped from office). The war efforts led to promotion of some ideas of young engineers and constructors (of which many failed), but the basis for their achievements had been laid before 1932 and was also known in other countries. The upcoming cold war however made Germany the frontier between both blocs, and the US wanted West Germany to be a bulwark against the East and also use the technologically highly educated workforce there.

[@axell964]

Only partly true about the Nazi and technology. They had put massive resources in technological and industrial advances to prepare for the war and also during the war. Jet and Rocket engines are some of the more famous and useful inventions made in germany during the Nazi era.

[@ernstwiltmann6]

@@axell964 I guess MichaEl was wrong on several subjects, and if you want to get deeper into the details, you can't ignore Operation Paperclip. A hugely interesting Subject History, that the west likes to sweep under the carpet.

[@atconnys8786]

Hi, great rection again. What he didn`t mention is that you not only can work or travel abroad within EU/Schengen, you can move there without time limit, except Switzerland I believe.

[@berndgaal7689]

in a lot of big german companies you only requiered to speak english.

[@rosshart9514]

True. EU citizens are used to borderless borders and sadly do not value as they should. Same with currency. What great achievements!

[@ernstwiltmann6]

@rosshart9514 Sadly, all this has been undone in the last 2 years.

[@berndgaal7689]

very nice!! even me as an european can learn something.

[@wenbebaisotei2132]

The Russian annexation of the Krim was forgotten ?

[@feurigessiegelstuck233]

Well its not recognized as russian territory and keeping in mind what russia is doing it probably wont be in the near future.

[@KimForsberg]

"It would never work in north america" - Well, it sort of does. It's called the United States of America. The EU is similar in many ways to a Federation, but the member states are sovereign entities, not the common body (the federal state in the case of the US). Federations like the US like to sometimes think that the states are what empower the federal body, but as seen in the US, they had a long and hard discussion about it in the 1800s (Civil War) where they came to the conclusion that the Federal Government is sovereign. Whereas in the EU, member states remain sovereign, but delegate some of its powers to the common body when joining. As such, as in the case of the UK, you can still leave, or take decisions against the common bodys rulings. And also there are some measures, but not enough, that the common body can take to enforce member states to uphold their obligations as a member. In the end, if a member state does not like that they can leave. Of course leaving is extremely hard as you have years and years of integration to unroll.

[@ernstwiltmann6]

8:43 The real Paymaster for "Contributions" to the EU was Germany.

[@janrautenstrauch4729]

I mean, yes we pay the most contribution-wise, but having this free-trade-zone around us really is a quite big benefit for our economy.

[@ernstwiltmann6]

@@janrautenstrauch4729 How is it benefiting your Economy now ? Businesses leaving Germany, or face bankruptcy's. Businesses can no longer compete on the world stage, because of the high energie and bureaucracy costs. It's not looking good, says Marcus Krall, Peter Hahne, Precht and many more Business Icons. All your media is doing, is full Damage Control. This Crisis is spreading throughout Europe. I do not see any serious policy changes. It is likely to get worse, before it will get better. Max & Suey: "Please get more current and updated Analysis ! I irecommend Jeffrey Sachs, The New Atlas, The Duran (Reports from Thailand) with Alexander Mercouris & Alex Christophorus, Kim Iverson, Katie Halper, Clayton Morris of REDACTED, Sabby Sabs aso. The situation in Europe is changing at a Rapid Pace, and not to the better !

[@ernstwiltmann6]

@@janrautenstrauch4729 The Sanctioned against Russia backfired badly, Our Industry is unable to compete due to higher energy costs. The Trade Free Zone is for us Business People a mere joke now. Since we still by Energy from Russia via Third Countries to 4 times the cost. The last money reserves, mostly printed by the EZB is leaning against the Euro $ and it is used largely to pay Buergergeld fuer even the most uncontrolled Migrants, and here is the Rub, they are not People with much skills. In Canada we still have an Immigration process, where we can Control our Immigration. In Germany it is just Chaos,

[@janrautenstrauch4729]

@@ernstwiltmann6 Sanctions always hurt both sides - that's just how it is. But what's the alternative? Stand by and look while Putin tries to reestablish the USSR? Do we europeans have that little backbone? FFS! The doom-sayers called the Euro-crisis the end of the EU but it did not happen. And "you" business people always moan like some guy starving at the side of the street. And one thing no one should forget: the european union kept us member states from going to war with each other. There hasn't been such a long era of peace on the continent since... ever.

[@leobeck8074]

Turkey is a nice bird.

[@michamcv.1846]

the evangelic church founded big time human smuggling after the head of the church was replaced

[@axell964]

That small country below the baltic states is Russia. Its the old german city of Königsberg and the surrounding land the russians took after WW2 and renamed it to Kaliningrad. Its a russian exclave.

[@Dangel98]

Why the UK left the EU is a mix of a multitude of reasons. One of them is that the UK, and particularly England never really bought into the peace part of the European project. It always saw it as an economic union but didn't realize that from the beginning it was designed to tie all of the European countries together so that war is completely unthinkable. And for that to happen you have to move together politically as well, which is what happened. Charles de Gaulle stopped the UK from joining exactly because of this reason. He knew that the UK would not be a good fit. Another reason is that the UK was pretty much the only country in Europe that was not militarily defeated during WW2. Combined with the vast British Empire it created a sort of exceptionalism, not necessarily in the sense that the UK is better but definitely in the sense that the UK is not like other European nations on the continent. There is a connection to the commonwealth which was always considered more important than the connection to the other European states. In the end this might have an inkling of truth politically but economically the UK is tied to the EU and can't really escape due to geographical closeness. It's sad but this exceptionalism did really lead to some people in the UK feeling like they don't need the EU and that they would be even stronger without "the EU holding them back". But the UK is not a big colonial empire anymore and is just one of the developed nations. It is a small fish compared to the US and China and in the near future to Brasil, India and Mexico. Maybe Brexit puts things into perspective when it comes to this exceptionalism. A third reason was the politics of Margaret Thatcher which brought quick economical gain by privatizing huge parts of the country but in the longterm destroyed a lot of industry and necessary infrastructure like the railroad. This decay took quite a while to show but now (in the 2020s) it is apparent and many UK citizens complain about it. But the leading conservative party and others used the EU as a scapegoat for many things going wrong in the UK during the 2010s. The people were not happy and the media often pointed fingers at the EU, in some cases rightfully so but in many cases just to deflect from the shortcomings of the governing party. There is a whole list maintained by the European Union containing all the false information or outright lies spread in English media about the EU. It's a very entertaining (and long) read but I can't find the link anymore. A fourth reason which is happening in all of Europe or even in all of the west is extreme amounts of disinformation spread by Chinese and Russian agencies. It's hybrid warfare designed to create unrest in the west to destabilize otherwise way too powerful countries and unions from within. The QAnon movement, anti-vaccination, far right popular parties, extreme fear of immigration, lizard people and Soros. Every conspiracy theory you can think of is encouraged and fueled to create chaos. The Brexit party UKIP is proven to have received large amounts of money from Russian sources, just like most of the other extreme parties in Europe. Fidesz in Hungary, AfD in Germany, Rassemblement National in France, the list goes on. I would say Brexit was the biggest win in Russian hybrid warfare in its history. A fifth reason is, to be fair, legitimate criticism of the EU. It really isn't perfect. EU MPs receive insane benefits which can be and are exploited. There are decisions which are clearly anti-democratic in nature like appointing Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission even though she wasn't even on the list of potential candidates during the election. It was a backroom deal which was completely outside of the power of the public. The current form of the EU is also paralyzed by the veto vote which you correctly pointed out in the video means that if one single country says no, it means that the decision will not be taken. It has been a major thorn in European politics since a long while now. It really became apparent when Polands PiS party and Hungarys Fidesz vetoed in favour of each other time and time again. The only possibility of the EU to punish violations of European democratic laws is to cut EU funding to these countries but this never really happened because both countries vetoed the punishment of the other while all the other European members voted to stop the funding. This has also been a major problem during the Ukraine-Russia war where Hungary constantly vetoes sending financial aid to Ukraine. You see, the EU does need reforms but in the UK these problems were overblown to the point that the big bad undemocratic EU will take all control over the members states and will act like the Soviet Union. And the final reason and nail in the coffin was the hubris of the governing PM David Cameron to call for a public Brexit referendum on the basis that he was sure that the people would vote remain. He didn't think this through at all. It's actually rdiciulous that you would offer a public referendum that has such extreme consequences without any safety net. The regular people have no idea what the EU does or what benefits it brings. Allowing for a vote that can end as close as it did with 51.9% for leaving and 48.1% for remaining is madness because this just means that the country is split right in the middle. No one will be happy with the change so the status quo should have been upheld. That's why a threshold of at least 60% or even higher should have been a prerequesite to ensure that the people of the country are absolutely sure they really want such a big change.

[@sagittariusa9012]

But its better for UK future being independent.

[@bastian6625]

​@@sagittariusa9012Haha, sure 🤡

[@atconnys8786]

Agreed, except the 4th paragraph. That sounds a lot like a conspiracy theory itself. Do you mean the people wouldn`t use critical thinking without the Chinese or Russians? Plus, AfD is not far right. She is as right as the CDU should be if it were what it was once, which was a conservative party, now it`s green.

[@DalaiDrama-hp6oj]

Very good comment. Thank you. Are you British?

[@DalaiDrama-hp6oj]

​​@@atconnys8786Of course the AfD is far-right. It wasn't in the beginning, but the extremists took the party over long ago. People that didn't like this, they left. The AfD by no means comparable to the CDU, even if you'd travel the CDU 60 or 70 years back in time.

[@ernstwiltmann6]

3:45 The European Union with just 6 countries later with Denmark, was prosperous. It slowed down after Greece, , Portugal and Spain joined, Italy to remain a volatile Partner. The hugest mistake after 1991 was to let the East European countries join, allowing more USA influence and going into an Neo=Liberal expansion plan, that was aggressivly Imperialistic. The old Colonies in Africa where again transformed into a neo-colonialistic Frontier. With no chances of escaping the clutches of the IMF and the WEF, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain.

[@fra604]

That's a pretty controversial statement

[@ernstwiltmann6]

@@fra604 I was hoping you could prove me wrong.

[@janrautenstrauch4729]

12:12 Trade- and interaction-wise, yes, having the same currency makes sense. But what you loose is control. And while member states keep a lot of autonomy over their economy and expenses the result is: if the economy of one member state goes into slowdown or worse depression, it has consequences on the currency which may easily befall the economy of every member-state. It's a bit like being tied together but each one pulling into a different direction since there's no EU-institution for common financial or economic management which can overrule the decision of any member-state-government. .. and i doubt there'll be one in near future since this would afford handing over a lot of power to Brussel by every member. Not a popular move - especially with nationalism on the rise.

[@eisikater1584]

The Brits and their Brexit. I'm German, and I remember that in the beginning, when they announced a referendum, everyone here laughed because we all thought, well, the British people won't be that stupid, that's a storm in a teacup, of course the people will vote for staying. The whole thing was a Schnapsidee* from the start. But then we watched the huge campaigning that started in the UK. The Remainers argued with facts and figures that were based on real data which could be checked by everyone who was interested; the Brexiteers argued with emotions, exaggerations, and sometimes lies. So over here on the continent, we started thinking, well, that could be a close call. And it was. 52% voted for Brexit, 48% against. British law says that a referendum is binding, and a simple majority decides. So those two percent of British voters pushed the whole nation out of the EU. British government(s) tried to make a special deal with the EU, but the EU (once again led by France) said, no, you wanted it, you'll get it. You're a third party country now, just like China or some country in Africa. No exception for you. *: Schnapsidee: A combination of German "Schnaps", strong liquor, and "Idee", idea, meaning an idea one can only come up with when totally drunk.

[@sagittariusa9012]

It is better to be independent. The issue here is that the UK was already in the EU and also dependent of the EU. Leaving without much planning was/is stupid. It is still better for the future for the UK , then when the EU have struggles, it pulls every country in the EU also down. The countries that really profit from the EU are the less economical strong countries.

[@bastian6625]

​@@sagittariusa9012And a second time: 🤡

[@ernstwiltmann6]

@eisikater1584 The EU should never have expandet to the East, and should have build more distance to US Foreign policies. Look at Germany now, it's a Disaster Zone.

[@bastian6625]

@@ernstwiltmann6 😂🤡

[@ernstwiltmann6]

@@bastian6625 Cry me a River all you want, but what you really need is some Copeium.

[@ernstwiltmann6]

3}11 It was the massive Marshall plan of the USA that rebuild an Industrial Germany.

[@MauriceBln1]

I still think Europe and the European idea are great. Working and traveling to other neighboring countries is easy and uncomplicated. European countries are only strong when they are united.

[@hyenalaughingmatter8103]

I am aganst that. Strong nation have to carry the weak onces. Not only that they also can move to the strong onces. Should stay out with their asses.

[@arnodobler1096]

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[@bastian6625]

Totally agree. Without being united there is no chance against giant countries and superpowers such as China, Russia or the US. Plus, come on, we are all Europeans and have to stand together as one.

[@hyenalaughingmatter8103]

@@bastian6625 You sheeple. Wake up before writing bs like that. 😂 Its crazy tohow people can be so braindead.

[@KornWolf-ll8ji]

@@bastian6625 Russia is in Europe. 🙄